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Question 20

What does "warehouse scaling up/down" refer to in Snowflake?
  • A Adjusting the number of clusters in a multi-cluster warehouse.
  • B Changing the size of the warehouse (e.g., from Small to Medium or Vice Versa).
  • C Changing the region of the warehouse
  • D Moving data between different storage locations
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Correct answer: B

Explanation

✅ Changing the size of the warehouse (e.g., from Small to Medium or Vice Versa).

Explanation:

In Snowflake, scaling up or down a warehouse refers to resizing its compute capacity. This means:

  • Increasing or decreasing the T-shirt size (e.g., from Small to Medium)

  • Each size change doubles or halves the compute resources

  • It affects query performance and cost, but not concurrency

❌ Adjusting the number of clusters – That’s scaling out/in in a multi-cluster warehouse
❌ Moving data between storage locations – Snowflake handles storage independently of compute
❌ Changing the region of the warehouse – Region is fixed at the account level

More details in Snowflake’s warehouse considerations documentation.

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